CAN WE AUDIOPHILES DO OUR PART?


So we're all tired of hearing about nothing but Covid-19 (or, as I term it, the C-Plague). What can we do, as audiophiles, to help with all this.
I was amazed, and delighted, when I went to the Cardas website to see that they are doing their part. Go to their website and you'll see their director, Angela Cardas, wearing a mask. If you click on the Cardas Nautilus logo in the upper left corner, you'll see pictures of people there in the factory making masks with sewing machines. I called the company to congratulate them, and spoke with a woman named Darla, who said it was their way, during this economic slump, to keep their employees working and also their way of trying to "do our part."
I'm not writing all this to advertise Cardas products. They are a very good company, but trust your ears, not anything I write, when it comes to buying their products. They do get credit, however, for helping me come to a realization that pushed me in the right direction. I called a woman I am friends with, who is 85 years old and is a good seamstress, to suggest she start making masks. She already was--and is. By phone she has organized several other women to do the same, and right now they are needing more material and elastic. I managed to gather about 50 pounds of material and am starting to gather elastic while also getting more material. But I don't sew. I can't help out with that. Any ideas as to what we--all of us who are good with our ears and focused with our budgets--can do to help out in other ways?

I realize this is an odd topic to bring to an audio forum, but it was a very socially responsible audio company that got me to thinking about it, and frankly I believe I should be socially responsible enough to do what I can to get other people to thinking about it. While also being open to other people's ideas about ways someone like me who is "just an audiophile" can help.

Thank you, in advance, for any and all ideas on this.



baumli
Many hotels in Asia have these or a version of them at least. Inhale though the front, but exhale is inside the unit which causes it to inflate and provides positive pressure.

http://m.bijkerk.webnode.nl/assortiment-en-prijzen/informatie-fire-escape-mask/
So gullible! 🤗 In the guise of being scientific. So funny! Perhaps you’ve heard of the continuing problems in Asia concerning COVID-19.
@n80 

Wait...there were predictive models early on that predicted a may or whatever peak...we locked down the country...and about 3 weeks after the lock downs we had a peak...instead of May...aaaaaand you're arguing there is no evidence the lockdowns had an effect? You're sticking with that...because some people on tv are speaking non-sense?

Enjoy. 
geoffkait,

That was interesting. We are Yin and Yang of Coronavirus epidemics approach. I wear a mask and more almost all the time, except at home, in the car, or when on bicycle and there is nobody in sight. I wear goggles often. I do not practice even half the social distancing for myself, spend time in rooms with multiple people, touch whatever is there to be touched. I am fully aware that there is no certain protection and have no sense of false security. Quite the opposite. I rub my neck with a disinfectant multiple times a day. I sometimes do use a handheld UV light to quickly "clean" possible offenders. I would not enter the elevator or an empty hallway without a mask, though.
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